mike foote
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2 more elections on tap for Colorado state Senate
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The results of Colorado’s 2018 midterms will mean two more elections before the end of the year, both for soon-to-be-vacant state Senate seats. Democratic Sen. Matt Jones of Louisville ran for the Boulder County Board of County Commissioners and won. He will be sworn into office on Jan. 8. The same happened to Democratic Sen.…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH | Colorado candidates notch support as primary looms
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Politicians and organizations are bestowing last-minute endorsements as candidate scramble to motivate voters in the days before the June 26 primary. Here are some of the Colorado candidate endorsements announced in recent days, including some going to candidates who aren’t in contested primaries and have already won their party’s nomination: ? Former U.S. Sen. Tim…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH | Support for candidates piles up as primary ballots drop
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Candidates in the June 26 primary election continue to receive endorsements from politicians and organizations even as ballots arrive in voters’ mailboxes this week and the campaigns near the finish line. Here are some of the Colorado candidate endorsements announced in recent days: ? Citing his “proven record of leadership on our Second Amendment freedoms,”…
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Rep. Mike Foote to talk gun violence in Boulder Monday night
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Rep. Mike Foote plans have a talk about gun violence Monday night in Boulder. A 14-year deputy prosecutor in Boulder County, the legislator is running for district attorney. He’ll be joined by Boulder Mayor Pro-Tem Aaron Brockett and Helen Kamin of the anti-gun violence advocacy organization Moms Demand Action from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at…
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Gavel falls on Colo. legislature’s brawls and breakthroughs
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Denver Zoo brought birds and reptiles to show off at the Colorado Capitol Wednesday – fitting for the last day of a four-month legislative session that was at times a wild kingdom of laws, policies and politics, and at others a close encounter with the #MeToo era. Lawmakers finally wrapped up their work in the…
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ENDORSEMENT WATCH: Lundberg backs Watson in GOP treasurer’s race
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The recent slew of endorsements has slowed a bit recently, perhaps because the Legislature’s waning days have drawn the focus of Colorado’s political world, perhaps because few bigwigs remain who have not bestowed their blessings during this long political season. Still, some candidates learned in the last week that they won the support of notables,…
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COVER STORY: The fight over forced pooling — should drilling-without-consent law be changed?
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From her front porch in Broomfield’s Wildgrass subdivision, Jean Lim looks out on a park and the Rocky Mountains beyond. There she sits, waiting for an oil and gas driller to use a state law to get the mineral rights beneath her home she doesn’t want to lease. “We are just waiting to be pooled,”…
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Dougherty makes primary ballot by petition, will face Foote in Boulder DA race
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Democrat Michael Dougherty, the Boulder County district attorney, will be on the primary ballot for the seat after turning in a sufficient number of petition signatures, state officials said Wednesday. Dougherty will face off in the June primary against state Rep. Mike Foote, D-Louisville, who won top line in the primary at the Boulder Democrats’…
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